Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
-- Joseph Addison
1672-1719, British Essayist, Poet, Statesman
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I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.
-- Edward Albee
1928-, American Playwright, Dramatist
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The secret to humor is surprise.
-- Aristotle
BC 384-322, Greek Philosopher
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Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.
-- W. H. Auden
1907-1973, Anglo-American Poet
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Imagination was given man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
-- Francis Bacon
1561-1626, British Philosopher, Essayist, Statesman
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs-jolted by every pebble in the road.
-- Henry Ward Beecher
1813-1887, American Preacher, Orator, Writer
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We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.
-- Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
1789-1849, Irish Writer and Socialite
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We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
-- Napoleon Bonaparte
1769-1821, French General, Emperor
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